Part1

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Steve Rogers 
Word Count: 2.2k
Warning: Language, fluff, panic attacks, baby, angst, light mentions of sex

Summary: During a mission Bucky finds something in a burning building and he just can’t leave it there. A few days later he realises that, against all the odds he can’t let her taken away from him. She needs him, or someone to protect her, she is just a baby hunted by Hydra after all.

A/N: Hey everyone! So, I just had this idea that, how about making Bucky and Steve a Dad, and honestly I loved it. They have no idea about it, and it is not easy at all, doesn’t fit with their jobs either and maybe it won’t even happen at the end, but it was just too sweet! It’s going to be a mini series and I hope you will like it!

Bucky was
running out of the building, which was collapsing and burning now. He was in
too deep; therefore it took him the more time to get out. He was running
through an apartment, ripping out the front door, when somehow even through the
terrible noises, his ears caught a desperate sound. He wasn’t even thinking,
just turned and entered the room on his left. 

‘Where is he?’ Steve asked worried, searching for his
boyfriend around the entrance of the building. 

‘He is still in the building, but he is not
answering.’ Natasha said through the com in Steve’s ear. ‘He was too
deep, it takes him time to get out, Steve. Calm down, it’s just a matter of
seconds.’ She tried to calm the blond man, but in vain. 

‘There he is!’ They heard Sam’s voice as he spotted
Bucky running out of the building, covering his head with his metal arm, and
holding the flesh one close to his body. 

‘It seems he is injured! Call the meds from the
quinjet!’ Steve commanded keeping his eye on Bucky. Something was off, but he
didn’t have much time to think about it because the building gave in, in a loud
roar and he knew they had to go. 

He was standing on the opening of the quinjet, waiting
until Bucky run into the vehicle closing the door behind him. ‘Natasha,
let’s go!’ He shouted, giving one last stare to the tragic landscape in front
of him.

When he turned around, Bucky was kneeling on the round,
panting, covered in dust, still holding his right arm to his chest. 

‘Buck, are you hurt? What happ-’ He remained
speechless, when he knelt next to the dark-haired man to see if he is okay, but
he got shocked. They looked at the same direction, right into Bucky’s arm, with
face startled. Just staring at the tiny, little baby who just woke up, looking
at them curiously. 

Bucky’s heart was hammering in his chest partly from
the running, partly from what he was just looking at. The little one was
looking up to him with opened mouth, and huge, wondering brown eyes.  He
had no idea what he was going to do. He was holding a baby in the first time in
his life, and it didn’t seem real. It was small, fragile and light against his
arm. 

‘I couldn’t leave her there.’ It was the only thing
coming out of his mouth he was so shocked. ‘She would have died there,
Steve! I could hear her, and then grabbed her and run. I couldn’t leave her die
there, Steve! She is just a baby!’ He mumbled, raising his head looking into
the worried blue eyes on the edge of a panic attack.

‘No, no, of course not!’ Steve responded immediately,
smoothing his hand on Bucky’s back, giving him a reassuring kiss on his
temple. 

‘So, what’s the-, Oh, woah! Is that a baby?’ Sam was
more than surprised. This was the sight he never expected. Bucky kneeling on
the floor, holding a baby. 

‘A baby?’ Natasha and Bruce come in at the same time,
echoing Sam’s words. They also stopped at the sight. Bucky was on the floor, a
baby wrapped in a dirty blanket in his arms, with Steve next to him, holding
him tight. Despite of every expectation and odd, it was beautiful in its own
way. 

‘How do you know it’s a girl?’ Steve’s voice was the
one breaking the silence. 

‘The blanket is kind of pink, and on her crib the
name, Lilyana was written. So, I assume, she is a girl.’ Bucky’s voice was calm
as he stood up, still holding Lilyana, and looking at her like she would have
been some kind of a miracle. 

‘She is very calm.’ Sam added, when they walked
closer, looking at the baby, who was still just observing the
situation. ‘We should ask the meds to check on her! She must have breathed
in a lot of smoke!’ He suggested, looking questioningly at Bucky, just as
everyone else.

‘Yeah.’ The tall man was just shocked. The thoughts
were running in his head, but the only thing he could think about was the tiny
little life in his arms. He had no idea what’s next.

‘And maybe they should check, you too.’ Steve’s lips
were pressed together as he was looking concerned at Bucky. 

‘Until we arrive, we could check her, just to be sure
that she is not having any very serious injuries.’ Natasha was speaking slow,
as she looked at Bucky, waiting for him to react. He nodded, and walked to the
bench placing Lily onto it gently. 

Nothing happened for seconds, when he looked at the
others. ‘I have no idea about babies, and I don’t want to hurt her.’ He
protested with voice scared, face pale. The most obvious option would have been
to ask Nat, but he didn’t want to put her in this situation, just because she
was the only women around. 

‘I’ll unwrap her, then Bruce can see her.’ Sam
suggested, kneeling in front of the bench to get rid of the blanket. It took
some minutes to get rid of everything, because Sam went really slow and
careful, being aware of the possible in juries. When finally, she was just in
her diapers Bruce kneeled next to Sam, and examined her. Lily was fine, without
any injuries, which was a miracle in itself. They were more worried about Bucky
now, who still seemed frightened and was standing with muscles tensed.

‘Buck, did you get hurt?’ Steve tried carefully, putting
an arm around his boyfriend.

‘No, I’m fine.’ He shook his head and for the first
time he detached his gaze from Lily and looked to Steve. ‘I had no idea if I
can make it, Steve.’ He started to speak suddenly. Until it was just me, I
never cared, I knew somehow I’ll survive, even if the building collapses on me.
I1m hard to get killed. But her!’

‘Ssh, Buck! It’s alright she is save now, both of you
are safe now, thanks to you!’ Steve held Buck with both of his hands now,
desperately trying to avoid him getting a panic attack. ‘Look, she is healthy,
thanks to you!’ He leaned down and picked up the baby, getting a tingly warm
feeling as he lifted her. ‘Look, Lily is fine!’ He kept going, putting the baby
to Bucky’s arms again. They instinctively wrapped around the little body,
holding it tight.

‘Barnes, here! You got a smaller shock!’ Bruce
explained and handed him a glass of water and chocolate. ‘You should have some
rest, or at least sit down. Alright?’ He explained calmly, looking Bucky in the
eye. ‘Lilyana doesn’t have the smallest I juries, you can rest now!’ He
reassured Bucky, who looked a bit calmer after this, and nodded. He sat down
and placed Lily on her stomach next to himself on the bench. After this the
journey was calm and everyone was quiet, sinking in their thoughts.

Steve took place next to Bucky for a while being sure
that he was alright, holding his hand, giving him worried looks.

‘I need to help to Natasha now. Have some rest. We
will figure it out later.’ He whispered into Bucky’s ears, and give a soft kiss
on his warm skin before sanding up.

Lily was just fine, and still very quiet. She was
laying on her stomach on the bench wrapped back into another blanket, right
next to Bucky’s seat. They were flying for an hour now, and Bucky calmed
down, which made everyone relax finally.

Steve or the others couldn’t help but smiled at how
the dark-haired man checked on the baby in every minute. It wasn’t much just
the movement of his eye, lingering on the little one for a couple of
seconds. 

‘You can hold her, if you think it’s safer for her.’
Natasha whispered as she sat next to Bucky, who looked at her in
surprise. 

‘No, I don’t think it’s better if I hold her, but
someone should. What if she falls?’ He asked looking at the baby, who was fast
asleep. 

‘She can’t even turn, Barnes.’ Nat rolled her eyes,
reaching out for Lily, pulling her into her arms. ‘What happened to her
parents?’ She asked suddenly, lightly bouncing the baby.

‘They died after the detonation. The apartment was
right next to the one with the explosives. Just her room was far from it, but
the parents were in the living room.’ He said darkly, making Nat turning to
him. Her eyes were filled with pain and horror when she looked back to
Lily. 

‘Oh, my god!’ Her face went blank when she realised
what it meant. ‘Poor little thing.’ She looked at her for a second before
turning back to Bucky. ‘Do you have any idea who was it?’

‘No.’ Bucky shook his head, jaws tensing. His features
gave Nat a clear message: He didn’t know yet, but whoever it was, that person
was going to pay!

She gave the baby to Sam when they were close to
landing, who was more than happy about taking care of her. He never really
had the chance to be around babies, but found them adorable and very funny when
they weren’t crying.

‘They are so small.’ He laughed. ‘Look at her hands!’
Sam said and lifted Lily’s hand with one finger. ‘So, adorable!’ He
laughed, clearly having a good time playing with her. ‘Try it, hold her
hand!’ He encouraged Bucky, who was resisting. He was just staring at Lily at
every second, making sure that she is safe.

‘Come on, Barnes! She won’t bite! She doesn’t even
have teeth!’ Sam laughed and turned his full attention back to Lily. He was
entertaining her for a while, making her giggle every second, having no idea
about the effect it had on Bucky. The sweet sound got right into his heart,
immediately melting it, making him smile. He couldn’t resist, and when Sam
wasn’t watching and fall asleep, he reached out to slide his hand under Lily’s
little fingers. He sighed at the warm feeling filling his chest as soon as
he touched her warm, tiny hand. 

She was so innocent and pure, having no idea about who
he was. Letting him touch her and seemingly being content about the warm
fingers around her little hand.

After arriving home, they took Lilyana to the medics
immediately, who were not less surprised than the others, when they saw the
newest member of the team. Now, Steve was holding her, which made Bucky’s hear
aching. Watching Steve with a child, seeing the gentle, happy expression on his
face when he looked at her.

Bucky never wanted children, or maybe he did, back in
the ‘40s, but not now. It was impossible, they were both men, with not the
safest job on the planet. He never was thinking about it seriously until this
very moment. But it was impossible. 

A couple of hours later when the nurses left, everyone
was checked, and Lily was fed, also the nurses gave her a bath, Bucky walked
into the room where she was sleeping. In the little crib she pushed herself on
her elbows and lift her head to look at the long-haired man. 

‘Hey, little one! The doctors said, everything is okay
with you! Thank god, I find you before you could have breathed in too much of
that smoke.’ He explained it to her softly, standing next to her crib. Lily was
quiet for a moment before she started laughing. Bucky looked behind his back to
see what was so funny, but there was nothing. ‘What are you laughing at?’
He asked the baby who was still grinning and tried to move towards
him. ‘Is there something on me?’ He asked and couldn’t help but started to
smile. Before he could have think he reached out and picked up Lily. His long
locks fall into his face as he leaned forward, catching the baby’s attention.
Grabby little hands were peeking out of the white blanket in which she was
wrapped in, trying to reach the man’s hair. ‘You like my hair, mini doll?’
He asked laughing, and slid his finger into the grabby hands. Lilly happily
squeaked when she grabbed the long finger and pulled it to herself still
laughing. Bucky was laughing, genuinely happily at the sight of the chuckling
Lily. ‘You have huge eyes, you know that?’ He asked, not being bothered by
the fact that the baby couldn’t answer him, and was still playing with his
finger. Shaking it, pulling it into her mouth, laughing loud. He had no idea
how much time he spent there, talking to Lily, enjoying her pure
happiness. 

He was so occupied that he never noticed Steve, who
was searching for him. He stopped, and he could feel his heart twisting. Bucky
was so happy, he has never ever saw him like this. The pure love in his eyes
when he looked at Lily, was overwhelming. He was standing there trying to
remember every little moment of those few minutes.